Numbers MTTCC

What a great chance to finally finish this little chipboard book, the MTTCC this week is numbers. So here is my final piece to the book and all for the challenge, the top piece has been crackle painted stamped with a lost coast stamp, a Tims doo dad and a metal token that I put the number 48 on. The second piece is the background paper I made and not sure now who made the stamp, but all complete and I can now jump up and down in delight.

Hope you like and thankyou for looking xx

Distressed side two

Well here is side two, did not go quite to plan and I ended up having to cover this side with paper then stamp, I had crumpled the tag sooooo much for side one that when I went to stamp on this side it looked like nothing. I got there in the end and these have been my hardest to do tags ever.

for this side I have used Distress inks, stamps and a Key and the faithful white pen, also for the first time I used Tims new Ideaolgy thingies ( not sure of the name but its the scrappy torn piece at the top with the lock stamped on it ) well you can kind of see what I have done, just hope this sides distressed and shabby enough for Hels. hope you like and thankyou for looking xx

very very distressed tags and MTTCC

Well what can I say about these tags, the swap this month for Hels was to have tags as shabby and old looking as you can, do you know just how hard it is to turn a nice new tag in to an old wreck, very very difficult, these tags have been burnt, screwed up, inked, crackle painted and rubbed to death, the stamps are Tims birds and the gates from Paperbag Studios, also I used a fine gold pen, I still have the backs of the tags to do yet but am waiting for a Stamp. these will cover the MTTCC which is birds this week.

well what you will make of these I do not know, but thanks for looking xx

Family Sunday Stampers

Here is my card for this weeks Sunday Stampers Challenge, I bought some fab paper at Ally Pally so this is a first, I used some LOL

I have stamped Family Values stamp from the Artistic Stamper on my new paper, I painted in the word Family Values and the word order with a dabber and paint brush and used pearl, I have cut the other words and numbers from Tims doo dads and glossy accented them and put some other weird film stuff on ( another great description from me) I matted the image on brown card and used brown brads in each corner, the word Family is using what looks like scrabble tiles. then i stuck a metal heart on the side and hey presto finished.

hope you like it and thanks for taking a look xx

Very Tired Tags

These Tags look rather worn out and very dark, these were for a Tag Swap that I am in each Month, the top picture is the back and has crackle paints on then distress inks over ( still not sure about them crackle paints ) the Stamping is Tim Holtz Stamps

The Fronts are again Tims Stamps apart from the Crackle background ( Dan got that for me From America or was it Canada) and the eyes see everything, thats Paper Artsy, I have used Chipboard Clocks, put hands on the faces and Grungeboard Wings, For the Skull it has a Grungeboard Crown and Jewel thingies in the eyes. Bad description again, should of stuck with my bucket LOL

Hope you like them and the Skull not to scary xx

Simply Stamping Vogue

I did this card a while ago, had seen it in Simply Stamping Magazine and was desperate to have a go, it only took me over 6 months to get round to it. its using the Tim Holtz Vogue stamp ( boy its a huge stamp) then the front lady is decoupaged 3 times and coloured in with water colour pencils. the word Vogue is rub-ons, the stitching is rubber stamps, this is one of my Fave cards, hope you like it and thanks for calling in xx

sorry the cards a bit shaded it did not scan to well, think it was the decoupage x

Tons Of Tags

Well I have dragged these out of the woodwork, I did these tags as part of a bundle for my friend Hels, these were some of the very first tags that I made and goodness, I tried a mixture of things on these and to my suprise was pleased with the results. I guess I got ideas for these from Seeing the man himself ( Tim Holtz ) at Puffin Crafts in the February last year. and these were days before I started adding Embellishments, I actually think these are some of my faves!!!!!

There are I believe about 5 more to this set, I used everything from Dabbers, Watercolours, Distressing, Embossing and all kinds, Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them xx

I might just drag the others from out the woodwork yet !!

All Stamping Scrapbook Page

I made this 12 x 12 scrapbook page using Artistic Stamper Gibson Girls and script for the background. Fired brick and Aged mahogany Distress Ink Pads were used to colour the page, and the girls were coloured in with distress ink and a paintbrush. "Girls we love" title was stamped using Tim Holtz Chronicles stamps.